Comments on: That use of $[ is unsupported

Comments on: That use of $[ is unsupported http://iderror.com/errors/perl/that-use-of-is-unsupported/ You have errors, we have solutions! Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:06:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: adminhttp://iderror.com/errors/perl/that-use-of-is-unsupported/comment-page-1/#comment-22219 admin Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:18:56 +0000 http://localhost/idError/?p=22309#comment-22219 <p>(F) Assignment to <code>$[</code> is now strictly circumscribed, and interpreted as a compiler directive. You may say only one of</p><pre> $[ = 0; $[ = 1; ... local $[ = 0; local $[ = 1; ...</pre><p>This is to prevent the problem of one module changing the array base out from under another module inadvertently. See <a href="http://search.cpan.org/%7Enwclark/perl-5.8.9/pod/perlvar.pod#$%5B" class="podlinkpod">"$[" in perlvar</a>.</p> (F) Assignment to $[ is now strictly circumscribed, and interpreted as a compiler directive. You may say only one of

    $[ = 0;
    $[ = 1;
    ...
    local $[ = 0;
    local $[ = 1;
    ...

This is to prevent the problem of one module changing the array base out from under another module inadvertently. See “$[” in perlvar.

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